Světlá Hora
Světlá Hora is a municipality in Bruntál District in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,400 inhabitants.
Světlá Hora | |
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 Centre of Světlá | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
  Světlá Hora Location in the Czech Republic | |
| Coordinates: 50°2′43″N 17°24′4″E | |
| Country |  Czech Republic |
| Region | Moravian-Silesian |
| District | Bruntál |
| First mentioned | 1267 |
| Area | |
| • Total | 43.01 km2 (16.61 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 575 m (1,886 ft) |
| Population (2021-01-01)[1] | |
| • Total | 1,384 |
| • Density | 32/km2 (83/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 793 31 |
| Website | www |
Administrative parts
Světlá Hora is made up of villages Dětřichovice, Podlesí, Stará Voda, Suchá Rudná and Světlá.
History
The first written mention of the village of Světlá is from 1267. Dětřichovice was founded in 1268.[2]
During some of the time of the Nazi German control of the region, a subcamp of Auschwitz III was located here: the town of Světlá was the location of the Lichtewerden labor camp, established on 11 November 1944.[3]
References
- "Population of Municipalities – 1 January 2021". Czech Statistical Office. 2021-04-30.
- "Historie obce" (in Czech). Obec Světlá Hora. Retrieved 2022-03-01.
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum,Encyclopedia of Camps and Ghettos, 1933–1945, 1:263. Bloomington:Indiana University Press (2009)
- "Partnerské obce" (in Czech). Obec Světlá Hora. Retrieved 2020-09-26.
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